Wednesday, September 7, 2016

SOME REFLECTIONS

Well, on turning 71 I spent some time to reflect on
times gone by.

I am living in a
rented accommodation with wife. Our both children are away. Daughter is married
and living separately with her children and her husband is posted to another
town. Son with his wife & children is in Canada for the last over 2 1/2
years. So we two take care of each other. By God's grace I earn reasonable
sufficient pension to look after ourselves at the fag end of life. People do
wonder as to how come I did not make a house for ourselves. I did make one but
sold it off to take care of more important needs of our children.Now we do not
wish to intrude into their life. But I do feel that having own accommodation
does make a lot of difference as you do not have to run around to find another
house for rent once lease for current one is getting over. We could check into
some decent Old Age Home but we can not at present as we have a 10 1/2 years
old dog. She needs a lot of care & love. We do not wish to abandon her.
Also I am not sure about standards of such Homes. I have lived a decent life, earned
respect of people who I came in contact. Even today if I meet anyone from my
organisation, I get a lot of attention and respect. Still I feel that own
accommodation as well as some regular source of income is a must for old age as
we should not have any expectations from our children.

So my advice at
this age to you who are still young is that do take care of your children, give
them the BEST but at the same time CATER for your old age also.

09:25:30 PM

About Me

63 years old grandfather who believes that children should be given their due. Have been more of a friend than father to my children and would keep the same for their children. Offer to show options to those youngsters who feel confused but they have to take their own decisions.
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